An unexpected poem
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (47493)
Staten Island, New York
June 10, 2025 2:07pm CST
I’m lying on my bed about to pick up a book I’m reading currently when a line comes to me. I pick up my phone and write that line down so I can work on it later. Then more lines start coming to me so I keep on writing them down. Before I know it I’ve got a new poem. I will have to edit it a bit but at least a new poem exists.
I love it when a poem or lyrics come to me unexpectedly. No need for prompts or sitting there trying to figure out what to write about. No staring at an empty page. Words just flow out of me…
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@Ineeddentures (13313)
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10 Jun
Your creative juices flow
Your mind is fast
Not slow
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jun
Yes. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jun
@Ineeddentures That’s probably true.
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@Ineeddentures (13313)
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11 Jun
@lovebuglena
Especially as one gets older.
The mind is slower.
Or at least that's what I have found
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@LindaOHio (199862)
• United States
11 Jun
I'm glad you were able to write it down, Kudos!
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jun
Me too! I hate it when I have an idea but nothing to write it down. Sometimes repeating the lines helps. But they don’t always commit to memory.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jun
@LindaOHio I’ve been using notes app on my iPhone when no pen and paper.
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@LindaOHio (199862)
• United States
30 Jun
@lovebuglena You should keep a notebook and a pen or pencil with you at all times.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Jun
I’m gonna publish it on my blog. Don’t think I can share the link here.
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@JudyEv (362374)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jun
@lovebuglena I've just been reading Willie Nelson's life story and he says his best stuff just flows out without too much effort.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jun
@JudyEv That’s the best thing when the words just flow.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jun
That’s not always the case. But I like it when stuff just flows out of me rather than sitting there trying to figure out what to write.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jun
In this case, if you don’t have anything to write down what comes to you you’re screwed.
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@porwest (106847)
• United States
30 Jun
@lovebuglena That can present a problem. lol
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@laser_vision (130)
• United States
30 Jun
That's how most of my poems are written. It's usually strong emotion that gets me to pick up my iPad, open Pages, and tap out a poem. Usually the whole thing comes to me all at once.
The daily library of lines idea was cool in college, but I largely dropped it as I now have about a hundred "spontaneous" poem drafts awaiting revision or disposal. I don't need to squeeze words out of myself. I'm not a word juice press.
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@laser_vision (130)
• United States
1 Jul
@lovebuglena It's having a word file for each month where you write out a number and each date in the month. Then each day you force yourself to come up with one poem line.
#1: 1 July 2025: Line
#2: 2 July 2025: Next Line
This is a "curbstomp exercise" if you suffer from creative anxiety and are looking to squeeze more poetry out of yourself to publish.
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Jun
I don’t write as much as I used to but I’ve got a lot of poems under my belt.
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@RasmaSandra (88670)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jun
I get as lot of inspiration for my poem through things I see or hear online and through my favorite music,
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@lovebuglena (47493)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jun
Sometimes I read someone else’s poem and that inspires me.
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